Little Wars

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Lawrence Skinner

"Little Wars" is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers. Its full title is "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty". "Little Wars" includes fairly simple rules for infantry, cavalry, and naval artillery in the form of a toy 4.7 inch gun that launched projectiles, usually small wooden dowels to knock down enemy soldiers. In addition to its being a war game, the book hints at several philosophical aspects of war. The book is written in a whimsical style and gives a description of the game from the view of one of the generals in the battle bombastically relating his memoirs.

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Good historical look at a simple game

Meh... this was ok. It's H.G. Wells, so it's written well, just not that exciting. There are some good quotes near the beginning but after that it's a bit of a slog. I read this for research for a work project. It got the job done.

The story definitely reads like a manual

If a fun fantasy romp is what you are after look elsewhere. Unless of course the romp you are after sounds like a Dungen Masters /Players Handbook for a RPG styled war game. As a lifelong D&D gamer I feel this text is required reading. I Gave pretty high rating as I knew exactly what I was getting into am just needy enough to have enjoyed it. I do feel HG Wells sounds a bit misogynistic but only for about a paragraph but seeing the time frame this was written I was not surprised.